The invites for this delightful treat were promoted heavily and everyone expected to get a great treat from writer-director Habib Faisal who has given us movies like Do Dooni Chaar & Band Baaja Baaraat.
But unfortunately Daawat-e-Ishq lacks the right ingredients & flavours required for a Spicy Treat. Fed-up of encountering dowry seeking families and Useless prospective grooms, a working class Hyderabadi Girl Played by Parineeti Chopra and her father played by Anupam Kher) hatch an out of the box plan to get something going for them.
That brings them to Lucknow, where this young kabab-shop owner Tariq Played by Aditya Roy Kapur falls into their trap.Love Plays the Inevitable part and love for food also brings them so close with Dahi Kababs, Biryanis, Phirnis and Jalebis.The songs are nice but at not the right timing in the movie. The climax that Unevils at railway platform is not nicely done as you can’t believe what is shown and is not convincing enough. Daawat-e-Ishq is a good watch until intermission but then the ride goes Haywire leaving audience leave that bad taste in the mouth!